To compare the ways that two authors use theme, what is the best approach?

a.
contrast how each author’s message about the theme is different.

b.
look only for themes that are directly stated.

c.
write about themes that only one author has used.

d.
look only for themes that are culturally specific.

Which of the following is often true of reinterpretations of traditional stories in different media, such as painting or sculpture? o a. the main plot of the story changes. b. the perspective changes. o c. the characters stay the same. d. the theme differs. submit

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

How does woodrow wilson make his central idea more persuasive? he argues that free trade and unrestricted commerce is the best way to ensure peace, he argues that the german people want peac and would welcome us intervention. he claims that the united states is now a major power and must restore peace, he concludes by arguing that only war can ensure others the peace and freedom that americans enjoy the answer is d. he concludes by arguing